I have an e-book problem.

Sigh. I discovered the Kindle Daily Deals. Ok, that's not exactly true. I've known about Kindle Daily Deals, and the Nook Daily Find, and even Kobo's special daily whatever. But I've always forgotten to check them daily. But then, suddenly, I remembered, and all hell broke loose on my Nook. To the effect of 9 new books in the past month or so.

Wildwood by Collin Meloy

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

Ade by Rebecca Walker

Among the Janeites by Deborah Yaff

Rivers by Michael Farris Smith

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates

Luckily for me and my hulking stacks, there hasn't been much I've wanted to buy since the new year. I have to read these first! On the whole, I don't feel too guilty about indulging in new e-books, if only because I am constantly reading them and working through that invisible stack. Since I always have a nighttime e-book on the go, I make respectable progress. But only if I resist adding new books!

I share this problem. Christmas and New Year were the worst - too many books on sale! I think at one point the entire Booker shortlist was 99p (and so I bought them all of course, and I've actually read one and am halfway through another, which is We Need New Names!). At least they don't take up actual physical space, is what I tell myself ...

I'd be right there with you if I had an eReader. My physical TBR shelves are bad enough! I downloaded the Kindle app to my laptop one day to read something short...next thing you know there are 4 books on there! Since I don't like to read off my laptop for long stretches, they will probably still be there long after the laptop dies... :)

I don't read on my computer very often either. I will occasioanally read on my work computer (a big, beautiful Mac) at lunch to avoid carrying a book or tablet to work, but mostly I'm a print or Nook fan.

I had the same problem last year with Netgalley, so I really tried to reign it in - and I did, until now. I found out about those Kindle deals, too and went crazy and wound up kindling a whole bunch of books. So now I have piles of books surrounding my desk and loads of ebooks clogging up my kindle. Book deals are so hard to resist! And, I'm glad you mentioned that Meloy book, because I LOVE the Decemberists - so, you know which website I'm heading to now :)

Oh, I absolutely have this problem! I recently added The Teleportation Accident and James Salter's A Sport and a Pastime... and I have SO many others on my reader that it's getting absurd (especially when I factor in e-galleys).

I have to have something backlit to read while I put Greyson to bed which saves me every time. And truthfully, because I can't read a "real" book in the dark, and I'm too lazy to buy a book light, my ebooks end up getting slightly more attention. Except on weekends.

I've been getting emails from BookBub that are cheap Kindle reads. there have been 2 on my TBR list that showed up recently that I got for less than $2 a piece: Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brien) and The Dressmaker (Kate Alcott) I keep books on my Kindle that I have not read yet but have bought. That list is about 80 books long but it includes cookbooks that I leave on there. I am trying to get through that list but I keep reading newer books.

I get those emails too! It's a little hit and miss whether they're books I want to read or not. I have found a couple of pretty good deals there though. I waffled over Master and Commander and The Dressmaker recently.

I bought a few too many around the holidays. Thankfully there hasn't been much to draw me in since... I also had this multiple use 50 percent off coupon for Kobo. That was bad... I basically took advantage of my reading plans for the up-coming year and bought what accepted the coupon.

Oh dear. My invisible shelves are rapidly expanding, too, as I've been persuaded by someone to get Outlander (Trish!) and Empty Mansions (you!) and a bevy of other novels recently. I went about six months without actually paying for anything on my Kindle (just getting free classics and digital review copies), but I've suddenly abandoned my principles and am clicking with reckless abandon. It's dangerous, really -- but I know I can't hold myself accountable to not buying books for too long.

AHA! I heartily recommend Outlander, so you can blame both of us for continually goading you. And Empty Mansions! Yay! You did much better than I did resisting ebooks. I caved immediately upon receiving an ereader.

I do this too -- and I don't even have an e-reader! But whenever I see an e-book I want to read for $2.99, I can't help it! I justify it by telling myself, "someday I'll probably have an e-reader," or, "well, now I'll have things to read on my phone if I'm ever stranded without a book." It's terrible.

I'm bad about downloading free books and never getting to them but I stopped buying e-books, a while back, when I realized I've read maybe a half-dozen. Hopefully, someday I'll read all the "bargain" e-books I senselessly purchased.

Looks like you've found some great titles. I enjoyed We Need New Names. N0S4A2 creeped the hell out of me but I love Joe Hill's writing. And, I'm sure you know how much I love 20th Century Ghosts. Some of the other books you've bought are on my wish list. Happy reading!

You're reading on an iPad, right Nancy? Depending on the version it seems like it would be less comfortable. That first generation was a heavy beast. I flip back and forth between my Nook HD+ (comparable to iPad) and my Nook Simple Touch (so much easier on the eyes).

I'm glad to know you enjoyed WE Need New Names and NOS4A2. I loved Hill's stories so much it's taken me a long time to come back around to his novels. NOS4A2 looks really promising, though!

I don't tend to buy many e-books (actually, I don't think I've EVER bought one...I've only ever gotten galleys), but I have a huge, huge problem with library sales that I just can't quit, so I know what this is like. Those are some great books you have, though!

HA! You made me go look at my ebook device and count. Oh good. I've only got 7. Most of my ebooks are book club choices that I don't have time to run to a bookstore and buy or the library doesn't have so ebooking is my only option. The only free books I've ever downloaded are classics so that is why they are free! I'm proud of myself for not accumulating but I do agree that ebooks are so easy to be out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

I love a good ebook deal! I have a nook, and an ipad, so I have kindle and nook books...growing. I like to read digitally in bed, not great lighting, so it's good to always have something going. My problem is that I'm adding faster than I'm reading.

I have folders for each genre but I don't place them in the folder until after I've read them. So....that means that if I have twenty books that I haven't read, I have to scroll through pages and pages of the home screen to see what I have. It's a constant reminder to get them read or simply just to remind me of what I have. I used to put them in folders right away but then they never got read.

My problem is that I totally forget what's on my Kindle! I love it so much but I also can SEE physical books, and I can't (as easily) see my Kindle options. Which reminds me. . . I need to read The Goldfinch, which is on my Kindle!

I looooove the daily deals. I look at them every morning, and they eat up any B&N gift card I ever get. :p I bought the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society the other day for $1.99 -- one can never have too many comfort books on the Nook!

I recently discovered all of the wonderful (and also terrible and evil) book deal newsletters that help you find free ebooks. Ah! It's so hard to say no to a free book! And it's so hard to remember to read books I own when they're not sitting on the shelf starting me down. So, in summary, yes, I also have this problem. I should probably unsubscribe from those lists :)

I just got super excited that Rivers was still on Kindle Daily Deal. Soooo thanks for that ;)

I have decided for the sake of my sanity that I will not be upset by my digital shelves. Those books are always there, waiting for me to find them. I enjoy owning books, but I also really like reading on my phone or my tablet, especially when I'm on a crowded subway. So a healthy split won't be too bad once I read down my physical TBR.